Measuring the quality of primary PCI for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Time for balance

JAMA

Volumn 298, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 2790-2791

  Masoudi, Frederick A ^a,b  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 37349104714     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.23.2790     Document Type: Editorial

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